Fossil specimen : SM A 4821 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Brachiopoda Class Rhynchonellata Order Pentamerida |
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| Fossil Name | Kirkidium knightii (Sowerby J.), 1813 |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Kirkidium knightii (Sowerby J.), 1813 Conchidium knightii var. elongatum (McCoy) Conchidium knightii (Sowerby J.) Pentamerus knighti var. elongatus McCoy Pentamerus knightii var. elongatus McCoy Pentamerus knighti var. elongatus McCoy: Syntype |
| Registration No. | A 4821 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Woolhope, Herefordshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Aymestry Limestone |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Ludlow Epoch (Silurian Period) (423.6 – 427.4 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Alexander, F.E.S. 1948. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. ciii for 1947 (4): p.150 Cocks, L.R.M. 1978. A review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods, including a synoptic revision of Davidson's monograph Palaeontographical Society Monographs (6): p.143 Lamont 1965. Scottish Journal of Science vol. 1 (5): p.22 McCoy 1852 a. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils Palaeontographical Society Monographs (1): p.209 Salter 1873. Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian fossils contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (2): p.167 Woods, H. 1891. Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. Henry Woods with preface by T. McKenny Hughes CUP. 180+xiv SPL: II. 16 (3): p.58 |
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